virus

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The NHS remains on high alert over flu, health bosses say, but there are clear signs the surge in the virus has come to an end for now at least.

From BBC

To test whether restoring pleiotrophin could improve brain function, the team used engineered viruses called viral vectors to deliver it to the right place.

From Science Daily

By tracking primary and secondary infections, the researchers estimated key transmission metrics, including the basic reproductive number, R0 - which measures how many people, on average, one infected person passes the virus on to.

From BBC

“It takes one person to introduce the virus into that group and then it blows up,” said Michael Osterholm, director of the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota.

From MarketWatch

The team examined a viral "fusion" protein that herpes viruses use to merge with and enter cells, a process responsible for many infections.

From Science Daily